Umbrella-dripper



(No Model.)

C. L. L. EMERY.

UMBRELLA D-RIPPBR.

No. 257,305. Patented May 2,1882..

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UNITED STATES CHARLES L. L. 'EMERIQ PATENT CFEICE.

OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

vUIVlBRELLA-DRIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,305, dated May 2, 1882.

Application tiled March 9, 1882. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CHARLES L. L. EMERY, of Biddeford, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Umbrella-Drippers, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a portable means for catching the water dripping from a wet umbrella when closed.

The invention consists in a cup made of rubber and adapted to hold a sponge and to receive the lower end of the staffof a closed um brella, so as to arrest and absorb the water dripping therefrom, and allow the umbrella to stand on the iloor in an ordinary position without dripping from the ferrule.

Reference .is to be had to the accompanying drawing, which represents a central vertical sectional view of my invention as applied to an umbrella for the purpose stated.

A represents acup or vessel, made of rubber, shaped like a vase or urn. Its top or mouth is wide enough to easily admit the part of a closed umbrella nearest the ferrule, and in its bottom is a hole in which the ferrule portion of the staff B may fit tightly. The cup or vessel A is narrowed below its mouth, so as to form a neck, a, below which may be called the body 7 or main portion of the cup. In this portion ofthe cup is placed a sponge, I), with a hole in its center to admit the staft'B. Above the sponge and below the neck is a washer, E, of rubber or other suitable material.

rlhe invention is applied to an umbrella by passin gtheferrule end of thestaft'B through the mouth ofthe cup, the washer, the sponge, and the hole in the bottom of the cup. The sponge wipes the staff' dry before the ferrule reaches the hole, and then absorbs the wet which runs down from the closed umbrella, andthe washer with theclot-h ofthe umbrella. The umbrella can then be. allowed to stand on the floor without wetting or soiling it by dripping thereon.

The advantages of my invention are: It is simple, cheap, and easilyT made; it is readily attached to and detached from an umbrella, and can be easily cleansed anddried; it is portable and can be easily carriedl in the pocket, and it forms a desirable accompaniment to an umbrella in wet weather when attending a church or place of amusement, or under any circumstance where it is not practicable or desirable to place the umbrella in a tub or other vessel.V

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, an umbrella-dripper consisting of the rubber cup A, provided with an opening in its upper and lower ends, and having its upper end be- CHARLES L.`L. .EMERYI Witnesses:

EDWIN STONE, FEED. A. TAEBOX.

prevents the sponge from coming in contact Y low its mouth contracted to form the neck aJ` 

